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Ignacio Cervantes
Person · male · Cuba · Havana · born 1847 · died 1905 · recording since 2010
Cuban pianist and composer (1847–1905)
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Also known as I. Cervantes · Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh · Игнасио Сервантес Каванаг
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1840s
1900s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Danzas cubanas
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography275 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374480725
Biography
Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh (31 July 1847 – 29 April 1905) was a Cuban pianist and composer. Cervantes was influential in the creolization of Cuban music.
Biography
Cervantes was born Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh on 31 July 1847 in Havana, during the Captaincy General of Cuba. From 1859 to 1861, Cervantes studied under Louis Moreau Gottschalk and piano under Nicolás Ruiz Espadero. Enrolling at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1865, Cervantes studied under Antoine François Marmontel and Charles-Valentin Alkan. Cervantes won the piano award in 1866, and awards in piano and harmony in 1868. Put forward as a candidate for the Prix de Rome, Cervantes was ultimately unable to compete as he was not French.
Following a short stay in Madrid, Cervantes returned to Cuba in 1870. In 1872, Cervantes married María Amparo Fernández Richeaux. The couple had 14 children, including the pianist, singer and composer María Cervantes. In 1875, Cervantes and José White left Cuba when warned by the Governor-General: he had found out that they had been giving concerts all over the country to raise money for the rebel cause in the Ten Years' War. In the United States and Mexico Cervantes continued to raise money by giving concerts until the Pact of Zanjón brought a lull in conflict. He returned in 1878 and left again in 1895 when the Cuban War of Independence started.
Cervantes wrote one opera (Maledetto, 1895), various chamber pieces (Scherzo cappricioso, 1885), zarzuelas, and the famous forty-one Danzas Cubanas. He also conducted for the Opera company at Havana's Payret Theater. His Fusión de Almas was written to his daughter, María Cervantes.
On 29 April 1905, Cervantes died in Havana aged 57.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -105 | 4.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 41 tracks · 1:01:59
1Soledad1:382No me toques1:013Un recuerdo1:464La celosa1:335Almendares1:406El velorio1:117La glorieta1:218La encantadora1:399Mensaje1:2710Duchas frías1:0011Zigs-zags0:5212Amistad1:1313¡No bailes más!1:1814Cri-cri1:3015Improvisada1:0716Picotazos1:1117Decisión2:4418¡Pst!1:2219Tiene que ser1:2120Adiós a Cuba3:0721Vuelta al hogar1:1522Ilusiones perdidas1:2123Los tres golpes0:4324Siempre sí1:2525Se fue y no vuelve más1:2926Homenaje1:2327Gran señora2:2028Amén1:5429No llores más2:1030¿Por qué, eh?1:2331Interrumpida1:2032Invitación1:1133¡Lejos de ti!1:2434¡Te quiero tanto!1:3035La carcajada1:3136Cortesana2:0937Íntima0:5138La camagüeyana1:1639Los delirios de Rosita1:2140Los muñecos1:0741Fusión de almas2:552011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 1:06:24
1Los tres golpes1:162Cortesana2:543El velorio1:414La encantadora1:315Adiós a Cuba2:026Vuelta al hogar1:077Cri-crí1:258Ilusiones perdidas2:129La carcajada1:4210Homenaje1:4411La glorieta1:4812Almendares1:3113Improvisada1:2114No bailes más1:2815Decisión1:3716Mensaje1:5517Picotazos1:2018Un recuerdo1:4019Soledad1:5320Amistad1:3321Invitación2:3822Interrumpida0:4123La celosa0:5924Amén2:0225¡Pst!1:4026Siempre sí1:1527Tiene que ser1:2728No llores más2:1829Duchas frías1:3930No me toques1:1731Zigs-zags1:3232Gran señora2:0033Íntima1:5234Lejos de ti2:1735Se fue y no vuelve más1:4736Fusión de almas3:5337Te quiero tanto2:2438¿Por qué, eh?1:03— · studio album
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Tracklist · 43 tracks · 1:07:44
1Entreacto capricho6:472Te quiero tanto1:063Duchas frías1:174Picotazos1:075Ilusiones perdidas1:176La glorieta1:287Amistad1:168Mensaje0:599Siempre0:5210Adiós a Cuba1:1111Improvisada1:0912Íntima0:5113Se fue y no vuelve más1:1814El velorio0:4215Interrumpida0:3916No llores más1:2017¿Por qué, eh?0:4118Amén1:3919Invitación1:3320Los tres golpes1:3421Fusión de almas4:5522Soledad1:2123No me toques1:5824La encantadora0:5525Cri cri0:4726Almendares1:3627Decisión2:2528Un recuerdo1:2829Tiene que ser1:1530La celosa1:0031Zig zag0:4932Vuelta al hogar0:4933Homenaje1:5234Gran señora0:5235Lejos de ti1:0536¡Pst!1:3337Cortesana1:4738No bailes más1:1939La carcajada1:3640La camagüeyana1:1541Los delirios de Rosita2:3042Los muñecos0:1943Serenata cubana5:32
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ignacio Cervantes head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -105 | 4.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ignacio_Cervantes.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0836f513-b371-4810-a87e-0dd316340560core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2420478genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2420478seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Cervantesbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q2420478 · MusicBrainz: 0836f513-b371-4810-a87e-0dd316340560
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